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Hi .org!
Having just fit the 3rd set of rear pads in 18k miles and checking my front pads, i'm curious as to how long brake pads have lasted for other people. I'd like to know about front and rear pads please. I have searched for similar topics, but due to 'pad' being too short for the search I can't really find much... I'm looking to find out:
I'm still on my OE front pads, which have 500-600 miles of life before reaching the service limit. I do understand that people ride differently using varying amounts of front/rear brake and this of course affects the results, but I'd like to get a rough idea of how long your pads have lasted. Thanks all! Mike |
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Front still has plently left and I am on 12K miles or something.
Rear less, as I like playing about with it ![]() I use a mixture of engine braking and brakes, depends who with/how I am riding. |
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get off that rear brake! 80% of breaking power should come from the front brake, after about 9k both still strong as ever idk whats on there
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![]() A lot of my riding is stop-start, and I use the rear brake mainly below 10mph for smoothness. |
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Still on original front brake pads @ 42k miles , look good for 50k
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Unfortunately, drivers on the Manchester ring road see mirrors as optional, as I found out the hard way the other day, ending in a carbon knuckled fist-bonnet interface
![]() Steveg that's an impressive figure from the OE pads! I guess you use the bike to commute? |
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I'm on 10.5k miles, pads have never been changed, DaveNumbers said to me there was still plenty on em' aswell when we were having a wheel taking-on-off afternoon. (not just for fun ofc)
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I brake as hard as I possibly can and use HH pads, sintered if possible, and they last me about 8k or so, that's with braking to the point where the rear lifts whenever I can. Rears might last me 100k for all I use it!
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